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BANDAGE
Definition of BANDAGE
noun
A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French bandage.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,297)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BANDAGE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BANDAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BANDAGE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABDEGN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start BANDAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found BANDAGE?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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